Update on Storm Nate – Costa Rica Roads Conditions

October 20, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Ministry of Transportation is working on the roads that had a major impact on the road infrastructure (roads, bridges and culvert steps). The work undertaken in neuralgic routes is detailed below:

Panamerican Highway (North Portion): In this point, there has been some progress of the works that allow reestablishing the conditions of transit for all type of vehicles.

Panamerican Highway (South Portion): Work fronts are maintained both from Cartago and from Perez Zeledon due to the important effect of landslides of great magnitude. There are 7 points where the works are focused. None of them on touristic areas.

Route 34 Sout Coastal Road: Work is underway on recovering undercut, particularly in the Parrita area (The way to Quepos), to improve the transit conditions as a result of the initial cleaning operations.

Always in the South Region, Road Conservation reports indicate that as a result of cleaning operations, all asphalt and ballast routes are enabled. The passage remains cut off on routes 243 given the collapse between Dominical Beach and Pérez Zeledón. (Route from South Pacific to Savegre Valley)

Cleaning operations are also continuing in the Monteverde and Los Santos areas to improve access conditions.

BRIDGES

North Panamerican Highway: Work began to recover and reinforce the existing Bailey structure on the Cañas River. This structure, besides being reinforced, will increase in length, from 21 to 30 meters in length, so that it can be adapted to the current conditions of the river bed.

Arenal to Monteverde by boat and road route: It is also planned to install another bailey bridge 80 meters long on the Chiquito River[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_gmaps link=”#E-8_JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRm1hcHMlMkZkJTJGZW1iZWQlM0ZtaWQlM0QxemVlWS1LVEl6dElUeXFPcUVRMVBDVHdnVmxjJTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI2NDAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjI0ODAlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZpZnJhbWUlM0U=”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]General Routes Damaged caused by Storm Nate:

553 damages at different points on 122 routes

479 damages happened in highways, 48 in bridges and 26 in sewers

407 points that were damaged are already enabled on 71 routes

121 points are maintained with regulated pass in 35 routes

25 points closed in 16 routes (Mostly all secondary routes)

It is important to clarify that although there are routes that are shown closed, alternate routes have been enabled by cantonal routes.